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Albert Augustus Pope
Born May 20, 1843(1843-05-20)
Boston, Massachusetts
Died August 10, 1909 (aged 66)
Lindermere-by-the-Sea

Albert Augustus Pope (May 20, 1843 – August 10, 1909) was a Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel who founded the Pope Manufacturing Company in 1877. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting In the UK and US military brevet referred to a warrant authorizing a Commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily but usually without receiving Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies Pope Manufacturing Company is a manufacturing company started by Albert Augustus Pope in Hartford CT. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [1]

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Birth

Pope was born on May 20, 1843 in Boston, Massachusetts. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common [1] In 1862 he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the 35th Massachusetts regiment, with which he continued until the close of US Civil War. Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned officer Military rank in many Armed forces. List of Massachusetts Civil War Units Infantry 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South He was mustered out as a Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. In the UK and US military brevet referred to a warrant authorizing a Commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily but usually without receiving Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies [2]

Marriage

He married September 20, 1871, Abbie Linder, daughter of George Linder and Matilda Smallwood, of Newton, Massachusetts, and they had four sons and one daughter. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [3]

Bicycles

During the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition, Pope saw and became enthusiastic about bicycles. The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 the first official World's Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania He began importing European Penny Farthings and taking out US patents on these European models. The ordinary, high wheel or penny-farthing was the first true Bicycle with which actual speed and distance could be achieved in a practical manner By the early 1890s, he had established a bicycle trust which controlled the central bicycle patents in the US. Nearly every US bicycle manufacturer paid Pope around $10 per bicycle. His bicycle brand was known as the Columbia. By the mid-1890s, at the height of the bicycle craze, Pope was manufacturing about a quarter million bicycles annually. [4]

The major problem for bicycles at this time was the lack of suitable roads on which to ride them. Pope being not only a bicycle manufacturer but a bicycle-riding enthusiast, was particularly troubled by this problem. He formed the League of American Wheelmen to agitate for and petition governments for improved roads. The League of American Bicyclists (LAB is a non-profit membership organization which promotes cycling for fun fitness and transportation through advocacy and Education [5]

From 1896, he began to diversify into automobile production. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The chief engineer of his Pope Motor Carriage department was Hiram Percy Maxim. Hiram Percy Maxim ( September 2, 1869 &ndash February 17, 1936) was co-founder of the American Radio Relay League and originally In 1897, he renamed the Motor Carriage Department as the separate Colombia Automobile Company, which was spun off and sold to the Electric Vehicle Company, in which he was also an investor. Electric Vehicle Company is a US automobile holding company and manufacturer [6]

Death

He died on August 10, 1909. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting [1][7]

Legacy

Following his death, some companies joined the United States Motor Company. The United States Motor Company (USMC was organized by Benjamin Briscoe in 1910 as a selling company to represent various manufacturers Pope's empire collapsed in 1913. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He founded Pope Park, Hartford, Connecticut and donated it to the City. Pope Park in Hartford Connecticut is a public park originally landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers.

Writings

Pope companies

Pope motor vehicles

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Col. A.A. Pope Dies at Summer Home. Pioneer Bicycle Manufacturer's Health Failed Since His Company's Embarrassment. Won Honors in Battle. Once Organized an Artillery Regiment from Convalescent Camp and Occupied Two Forts.", New York Times, August 11, 1909. The Columbia Automobile Company was a leading early Hartford Connecticut, United States manufacturer of automobiles Pope Manufacturing Company is a manufacturing company started by Albert Augustus Pope in Hartford CT. See also Pope-Toledo and Pope-Waverley Pope-Robinson was part of the Pope automobile group of companies founded by Colonel Albert See also Pope-Hartford, Pope-Robinson, Pope-Tribune, Pope-Waverley, and Pope Manufacturing Company The See also Pope-Robinson and Pope-Toledo Pope-Waverley was one of the brands of the Pope Motor Car Company founded by Albert Augustus Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Retrieved on 2008-04-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.  "Albert A. Pope, the . . . Augustus Pope was born in Boston on May 20, 1843. . . . " 
  2. ^ "Albert Augustus Pope", Appleton's Cyclopedia. Retrieved on 2008-04-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.  
  3. ^ Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Augustus Pope, U.S.V.. All Biographies. Retrieved on 2008-04-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
  4. ^ Flink, Automobile Age, chapter one.
  5. ^ Flink, Automobile Age, chapter one.
  6. ^ Rae, "Electric Vehicle," 299-305
  7. ^ "Death of Col. A.A. Pope. Poineer Bicycle Maker Succumbs After Financial Reverses. Made Fortune in Manufacture of Wheels, but Auto Business Had Been in Difficulties Since Panic.", Washington Post, August 10, 1909. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Retrieved on 2008-04-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.  "Col. Albert A. Pope, known as the father of bicycles in this country, and still more recently as one of the leading automobile manufacturers of the world, died at his summer home, Lindermere-by-the-Sea, late this afternoon. For more than a year Col. Pope had been in rather poor health, during the troubles of his bicycle and automobile enterprises, which were forced into the hands of a receiver not long after the panic. " 

References

Goddard, Stephen B. (2000). Colonel Albert Pope and His American Dream Machines: The Life and Times of a Bicycle Tycoon Turned Automotive Pioneer. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-0921-5.  

External links

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